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Phlebotomy Additives
Collection Tube additives and Phlebotomy terms
Question | Answer |
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centrifugation | An apparatus consisting essentially of a compartment spun about a central axis to separate contained materials |
immunology | The branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system, |
serology | The science that deals with the properties and reactions of serums, especially blood serum. |
Heparin | Heparin is an anticoagulant commonly used in chemistry and special chemistry testing. |
Lithium Heparin | currently three salts of heparin,least likely to interfere when performing tests for other ions |
Lithium Heparin should not be used for: | should not be used for collection of blood for lithium levels |
Anticoagulant | substance that prevents the clotting of blood |
Plasma | The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended. |
Plasma differs from Serum how? | It differs from serum in that it contains fibrin and other soluble clotting elements |
Calcium Citrate | Calcium citrate is the calcium salt of citric acid,can chelate unwanted metal ions |
Thrombin | Thrombin quickly clots blood |
Thromboplastin | is a protein present in subendothelial tissue, platelets, and leukocytes necessary for the initiation of thrombin formation from the zymogen prothrombin |
EDTA | capable of chelating a variety of divalent metal cations: as a salt used as an anticoagulant, antioxidant, blood cholesterol reducer, food preservative; as a calcium-disodium salt used in the treatment of lead and other heavy-metal poisonings. |
Viral Load Testing | The viral load test measures the amount of HIV virus in the blood. |
Sedementaion Rate | a non-specific measure of inflammation that is commonly used as a medical screening test. The ESR is decreased in sickle cell anemia, polycythemia, and congestive heart failure. |
HLA Tissue Typing | determine whether donor tissue is compatible for transplant into another person. |